No doubt it makes Donald Trump feel good to deny any ground to congressional Democrats attempting to perform their oversight responsibilities. The problem is, in America, this is not allowed. Watch: https://on.msnbc.com/2CuKje9
Religion Philanthropy is more about disguise than being nice. They don't want their churches tuned into homeless shelter and they don't want their tax-free money held accountable.
6 women told The New York Times and ProPublica, and one said in a lawsuit, that the billionaire Michael Steinhardt (a leading Jewish Philanthropist) asked them to have sex with him, or made sexual requests of them, while they were relying on or seeking his support. He denies these claims.
The National Christian Foundation, the largest Christian Charity in the U.S., donated $56.1 million to hate groups from 2015 to 2017. So that means many Christians may indirectly have blood on their hands.
“I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted — which, as president, I had to approve,” Trump said. “I don't care about this, I didn't get thank-you, that's okay." https://apple.news/AVpXaC8lUQ4WAfPXfFNDohQ In a statement to BuzzFeed News, a spokesperson for the National Cathedral denied that Trump had to approve McCain's funeral being there. “Washington National Cathedral was honored to host the funeral service for Senator John McCain," the cathedral spokesperson said. "All funerals and memorial services at the Cathedral are organized by the family of the deceased." "Only a state funeral for a former president involves consultation with government officials," he continued. "No funeral at the Cathedral requires the approval of the president or any other government official.”
编者导言:【冷战 (之) 后,世界上确立了两大为美国利益服务的秩序 —— 自由主义秩序和冷战秩序。然而眼下两大秩序都处于摇摇欲坠之中。科技和政治环境发生的重要变化、有效治理手段的不足以及美国在经济和军事上的错误决策等都是秩序瓦解的原因。然而最重要的是世界上的权力中心正发生转移 …… 现任美国对外关系委员会主席的理查德·哈斯 (Richard Nathan Haass) 于2018年12月11日在美国著名的《外交事务》(Foreign Affairs) 杂志上撰写了《世界秩序如何终结及其后续》(How a World Older Ends And What Comes in Its Wake) 一文。哈斯认为:秩序必将瓦解,不可复苏;但秩序瓦解的过程却是可控的。美国必须接受这一命运,将试图挽救旧秩序的努力改而放在控制瓦解之后的事态发展并重建以美国为中心的新秩序上。他以19世纪“欧洲协调” 的消亡为例,分析了“欧洲协调”从产生到败亡及其后的事态发展,进而提出如下观点:19世纪“克里米亚战争”那样的灾难并非不可避免,但若美国不采取恰当措施,灾难终将到来 …… @all